getChildTaxa: Get the lower (child) taxa for a taxon name or code

In SoilTaxonomy: A System of Soil Classification for Making and Interpreting Soil Surveys

Get the lower (child) taxa for a taxon name or code

Description

Get the lower (child) taxa for a taxon name or code

Usage

getChildTaxa(
  taxon = NULL,
  code = NULL,
  convert = TRUE,
  level = c("order", "suborder", "greatgroup", "subgroup")
)

Arguments

taxon	A character vector of taxa (case-insensitive)
code	A character vector of taxon codes (case sensitive)
convert	Convert results from taxon codes to taxon names? Default: TRUE
level	Filter results to specific level? Default: "order","suborder","greatgroup","subgroup"

Value

A named list, where names are taxon codes and values are character vectors representing parent taxa

Examples

# suborder children of "Mollisols"
getChildTaxa("Mollisols", level = "suborder")

# get all children within a great group, given a subgroup
getChildTaxa(getTaxonAtLevel("Ultic Haploxeralfs", "greatgroup"))

SoilTaxonomy documentation built on Nov. 17, 2023, 1:07 a.m.